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Prayer and reflection with the Rev Dr Bert Tosh. Show more
Nitrogen pollution is costing every person in Europe up to 650 pounds a year according to a major new report and two thirds of the problem is being attributed to farmers. Show more
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Including Sports Desk at 6.25am, 7.25am, 8.25am; Weather 6.05am, 6.57am, 7.57am; Thought for the Day.
Tom Sutcliffe and guests set the cultural agenda for the week. With Anne Dudley, Elif Batuman, Martin Sixsmith and David Runciman. Show more
With Jenni Murray. Including maternity services: are super units the way forward? The German housewife who helped transform the country's power supply and artist Margaret Harrison. Show more
4 Extra Debut. After her tyrannical husband dies, Mary finds it's not too late to take revenge for years of bullying. Stars Celia Imrie. Show more
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1961 First Man in Space 50th Anniversary Special
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Peter Snow marks the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's famous spaceflight by examining its reporting in the Daily Telegraph in 1961. Includes an interview with Yuri's daughter. Show more
Alok gets engaged to the daughter of a successful rival shop owner. Stars Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary. From April 2011. Show more
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National and international news from BBC Radio 4. Thirty minutes of intelligent analysis, comment and interviews. To share your views email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.
Paul Gambaccini hosts the wide-ranging music quiz, with contestants from Hertfordshire, Birmingham and London. From 2011. Show more
Kathy makes an apology. Meanwhile Ed and Emma have some fun at their mothers' expense. Show more
Neither Younis' landlady, nor his MOD case officer, can help the Afghan interpreter. Facing deportation, he finds counsel in an unlikely friend. But can a penguin really help? Show more
In a rush to tape, film or transmit everything that happens to us, are we in danger of missing the moment? Toby Amies pauses to wonder what we miss as we archive ourselves. Show more
Series charting the history of America, written and presented by David Reynolds. The end of the Civil War and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Show more
Sheila Dillon looks at the role of food businesses in combating the Sicilian mafia. Show more
Software developers around the world are trying to halt the spread of radioactive material around Japan. Plus the 'algorithmic arms race' between trading firms in the City. Show more
Referendum Campaign Broadcast by the No campaign for the referendum on changing the UK voting system on 5th May 2011.
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David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they are able to smuggle past their opponents. Show more
Roy drops a bombshell and Kenton sets Jolene a challenge. Show more
Front Row
Writer Rona Munro; Meek's Cutoff reviewed
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With Kirsty Lang. Rona Munro discusses her two new plays Liitle Eagles and Pandas and her film Oranges and Sunshine; the literary scene in Russia; and new western Meek's Cutoff. Show more
4 Extra Debut. After her tyrannical husband dies, Mary finds it's not too late to take revenge for years of bullying. Stars Celia Imrie. Show more
BBC reporter and keen runner Chris Dennis puts on his running shoes and explores what it would take to run a marathon in under 2 hours. Show more
Linda Pressly travels deep into the rainforest to investigate Ecuador's radical plan to keep oil reserves in the ground and so save its pristine rainforest. Show more
Quentin Cooper looks into the science stories of the week and speaks to scientists who are making headlines. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe and guests set the cultural agenda for the week. With Anne Dudley, Elif Batuman, Martin Sixsmith and David Runciman. Show more
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National and international news and analysis. Show more
It is a rainy night in 1625, Tom Neave's life nearly ends as soon as it has begun. Show more
Michael Rosen explores the complex relationship between language and sport, and asks, 'If sport is so unpredictable, why is it that sports punditry is predictably cliche-ridden?'. Show more
Chris Ledgard recalls the first papal tour of Britain. It was a turning point for British Catholics but, as the Falklands crisis deepened, many thought it would be called off. Show more
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French psychologist Marie de Hennezel looks at western attitudes to ageing and asks if it is possible to transform the way we feel about growing old. Read by Alexandra Mathie. Show more
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